When Jonah's warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.
"...Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence."
Jonah 3:6, 8 NIV
Jonah's warning was believed by everyone it seems, right up to the king.
It not only prompted repentance, but also a new view of the lifestyle that the people had drifted into, what they had become.
It's like they were seeing their behaviour through new eyes.
They'd woken up.
Things had to change.
The king started naming things for what they actually were.
Things had to change.
As we let God's word and His Spirit in, this may have happened, and it may happen in the future, when we see something or someone in the light of God's creative intent, His holiness, justice, or love, and realise that something has to change.
Usually me
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